In total; 13 game weeks have been played and Al Gharafa are 9 points ahead of Al Shamal. Who wins the prize?
- Al Gharafa have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have scored more than double the goals of Al Shamal.
Al Gharafa and Al Shamal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Gharafa form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Gharafa so far this season.
The Al Gharafa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Al Sadd here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in three league rounds.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Wakrah and winning 4-0.Observe: 10 of the most recent 13 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.
A decent goal production from Al Gharafa in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Gharafa have conceded 10 from these games.
Al Shamal form and stats
2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Shamal in their Premier League matches away. With the Al Shamal losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Al Shamal have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Landre was the goal scorer.
Al Shamal play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Al Arabi (placed 2nd).
Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Al Sailiya.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Shamal when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Shamal as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other previously this season, with the match result Al Shamal - Al Gharafa 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Gharafa won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Al Shamal have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 6 goals |  I. Belfodil 4 goals |   Y. Bammou 3 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 3 | 1.3 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 7.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 41% | 48% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 13.5 | 13.3 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
- Al Gharafa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Al Gharafa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Gharafa have scored more than double the goals of Al Shamal.
- Al Gharafa have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shamal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Shamal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Gharafa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Duhail | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
